Metal railroad tie and rail fastener



Nov. 6, 1923.

HA-fififi? w. H. H. WELTON METAL RAILROAD TIE AND RAIL FASTENER Filed Dec. 5,

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INVENTOR.

WILLIATM H. H. VJELTGN, 'GF DALLAS, TEXAS.

METAL RAILROAD TIE AND BAIL FASTENER.

Application filed December 5 1822. SeriaI No. 605,120.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, N ILL-1AM H. H. lVnL'roN, citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in hiletal Railroad Ties and Rail Fasteners in Connection with Railroad Gonstruction, and may be said to be an improvement on my former Patent No. 1,388,226.

I do declare the following to'be a full, clear and exact discription of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accom panying drawings and to the characters of reference marked thereon which form a part of this specification. The object of this invention is to provide a. tie and fasteners of any desired width for rails in railroad construction which can be quickly laid and rails can be quickly changed, that makes a rail bearing as wide as the tie and reinforces the tie under the rails, having no parts which will readily loosen when in use.

In railroad construction the wider the tie used, the less number it takes per mile, and a greater rail and ground bearing is secured by using wide ties of this construction.

Briefly the invention comprises a tie of trough or channel shape preferably of suitable non-corrosive metal; a mixture of iron or steel with other metals, square inside or outside and adapted to receive a pair of fasteners slidable longitudinally of the tie, and having means to engage opposite sides of the rail. Wedge shaped devices are provided for anchoring the fasteners within the tie, thereby preventing movement of the rail upon the tie. Ties may be as wide as can be used.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view partly broken away showing the parts in onerative relation. showing the rails in position.

Figure 2 is an end view and the construction of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view of a fastener before being placed in position in the tie.

Figure 4 is a brace for the side of the rail to be used on curves and at switches as shown in Fig. 1-123, to be riveted or bolted on the top of the fastener and fits the base and the web of the rail, and acts jointly as a clipwhere used. Each tie has shallow recesses cut in the top of each side thereof, and adjacent each end, said recesses be ng of a length equal to the width of the rail bases and adapted to receive the rail bases, which prevents the rails from spread- 111g. Slots are arovided in the tie near the recesses 1, 27 and 28 a long slot 27, one side the tie with a short slot opposite on the other side the tie. On the other side the rail, the slots are reversed. Two fasteners Fig. 3 are provided for each rail, these fasteners being identical in construction and adapted when in operative position to be slid longitudinally within the tie, and to have a reasonably snug fit and to reinforce the tie under the rails and support the rails the full width of the tie. In positioning the fasteners they sit side by side in the tie under the rails, one with the long slot on one side of the rail, the other reversed with the long slot on the other side of the rail. Each. fastener comprises a trough shaped piece of metal, common channel iron with the closed side up, half as wide as the inside of the tie, with side asdeep as the tie is inside under the rails below the notches and long and heavy enough to properly reinforce the tie under the rails and make a rail bearing as wide as the tie with one or more raised clips, stamped out of the top of the fasteners rig. 3-28 in such a place that when in operative position the rail will be on the center of the fastener.

The side of the fastener next to the side of tie is provided with a long slot and av short slot. W hen in position the long slot in the fastener is opposite the long slot in the tie and short slot opposite the short slot in the tie. The other sides of the fastener are provided with slots as long as half the length of the long and the. short slots, otherwise, longer than short slots and shorter than the long slots, slots being opposite slots in the other side ofthe fastener so when in posit-ion they would be the same distance from the base of the rails and opposite the slots in the tie, said slots being adapted to receive tapering locking keys or wedges which pass through the long slots and the short slots in the tie and through the slots in the fasteners. I would have slots in the tie and fasteners large enough to admit a tapering key or wedge strong enough to hold the fasteners securely in position in the tie against the base of the rails. I would make all parts of suitable non-corrosive metal, thus increasing the durability of the tie, as

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soon as such metal becomes available: in cost.

In order to provide means for bracing the rails on curves and around switches a b'race is provided as shown Figs, to beriveted or bolted on top of the fastener Fig. 1-423, and made to lit the base and web of the At switches I would use special ties and fasteners. I would use fasteners long enough to support both rails when too close together to use one fastenerat each rail with clips stamped on them in such a position as to engage both rails or I would bolt a clip on the fasteners to engage the second to be as wide as can be safely used.

rail until the rails are far enough apart to use regular fasteners under each rail, all ties A joints I would. use fish plates that fit the under sideof the crown, the web and the top of the base of the rails. witha. base narrower than the rail bases and come toa thin edge so as not to interfere with the clips on'the rail fasteners. When block signals are in use insulation as described inmy Patent No. 1,388,226 or any other system of insulation may be: used. When using insulation the keys or wedges may need to be narrower than the regular keys or wedges.

From the foregoing itwill be seen that I haveprovided simpleand efficient means for supporting and anchoring rails in railroad construction and for insulating the same when required. The tapering keys or tained by bending down the small end with 7 pair of'members which support the rails and reinforce the tie under the rails, slid'able within thetie, said members being each of a width equal to'one half the width of-the tie inside, each member being provided with two parallel sides and joined by'a web and provided with clipsfor engagement with the flanges of a railroad rail. said members bein identical in'construction', andineans'for' securing said members to the tie and clamp ing them against the flanges of the rail. 7

2. In combination; a' trough shaped tie a pair of memberswhich support the rails, and reinforce the tie under the rails, slidable within the tie, said members being each of a width equal to one-half the width of the tie inside, each member being provided with two parallel sides as wide as the tie is deep inside under the rails and joinedby aweb and provided with clips for engagement with the flanges of a railroadrail, and means for securing said members to the tie and clamping them against the flanges of the rail, one side of each member being provided with two slotsof unequal lengthythe other side being provided with twoslots of equal length, cooperative slots in the sides of the tie and means cooperating with said slots for securing said members to said tie and clamp ing'the clips against the flangesof a railroad rail. V

In combination, atr'ough shaped tie a pair'of members identical in construction which support the rails and reinforce the tie under the rails, slidable within the tie said members being each of a width equal to onehalfthe width of the'tie inside, 'each member being provided with two'parallel sides and joined by a web and provided with clips for engagement with the flanges of a railroad rail, one side of each member being provided with two slots of unequal length, the other side withtwo slots of equal length, cooperating slots in the sides of the tie, means coop.-

erating with said slots for securing said" members to said ties and clamping, the

clips against the flanges of a railroad rail,a

brace being riveted or bolted on one of the where used. 7 7

4c. In combination a trough shaped tie, notches in the upper edges of the sides of the rail fasteners for engagement with the web and base of a railroad rail acting as a clip tie near each end thereof. railroad rails seated in said notches, a pair of members slidable within saidtie near each end thereof,

said members each being of a width equal to.

one-half the inside 'ofthe tie, each member comprising two parallel sides 'as deep as the tie inside under the rails, joinedby a web, said members being'e-ac-h provided with clips for engaging the flanges of the railroad rails. said clip being riveted or bolted, on

the fasteners, and means for securing said" members to said tie and forcing said'clips against said flanges. v r I 5. In combination a trough shaped tie with notches in the upper edges of thesides of the tie near each end thereof, railroadrails Y seated in said notches, a pair of members identical 1n construction, slidable within sald tie near each end'thereof, said members being eachof a width equal to one-half the width of the inside of the tie, each member comprising two parallel sides as deep as the tie inside under therails, and joined by a web, and provided with clips 'for'engagement with the flanges of a railroad rail, said members acting as a bridge between the bottom of the tie, and the bottom ofthe rail, and reinforcing the tie under the rails, one side ofsaid membersfbeingsupplied with' two slots of unequal length,the other with two slots of equal length, cooperating slots in the side of the tie means cooperating with the said slots for securing said members to said tie and forcing said slips against said flanges.

6. In combination a trough shaped wide tie with notches in the top edges thereof, railroad rails seated in said notches, a pair of members identical in construction, slidable. within said tie near each end thereof, said members each being of a width equal to one-half the width of the inside of the tie, each member comprising two parallel sides as deep as the tie inside under the rails, joined by a web, said members being provided with clips for engaging the flanges of the said railroad rails, one side of each memher being provided with two slots of unequal length, the other side with two slots of equal length, corresponding slots in the sides of the tie means cooperating with said slots for securing said members to said ties and forcing said clips against said flanges.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature. 

